Scarce London postmark on neat SG139

This is a neat, good colour Queen Victoria 5d green surface printed (SG193) with a London duplex sent to a Brigade major in Singapore. In transit 27 days during November-December 1885. Very nice item.

This is a 1869 3d surface printed Queen Victoria plate 5, on a cover to Leek. The arrival mark of LEEK has a partially inverted date, and a transit mark of STOKE-UPON-TRENT is a struck-through-cloth handstamp. An unusual combination.